spacing out all of my words. “Can you guess how old I am?” I said looking deep into her coffee-colored eyes, willing her to catch my meaning.
That did the trick alright. Her eyes popped with understanding as she realized exactly what I was asking her. “You time traveled again?” she screamed at me, drawing by passers attention to us.
“Shut up!” I snapped sharply, practically biting her face off. “Do you want to get us both thrown into straitjackets?”
“Sorry, sorry this is just so unbelievable. I tried talking to you about it after your birthday, but you acted like you had no idea what I was even talking about.”
“I probably didn’t. That’s good to know though. I guess it wouldn’t be smart to know how your whole life is going to unfold before you actually get a chance to live it.”
“So, why are you here then? What happens today? Whose life do you save this time? It’s not mine is it? ” she said, rethinking her enthusiasm.
“Of course, it isn’t you and why do I have to save somebody. I’m not a super-hero, you know. I don’t recall anything bad happening today, so I don’t know why I’m here. Nevertheless, I must have changed something already because you’re not supposed to be talking to me right now. You leave with Garrett when he storms off.
OH and by the way. You felt so bad for him tonight, that you took it upon yourself to console him and not only does he give you a lovely little STD, he gets you pregnant as well, but it doesn’t form right so you have to have surgery to get it out of you. So never, ever, EVER have sex with him! You hear me?” I scolded while shaking a finger in her face like a protective mother would.
Man, I’m a mess!
Maya’s skin took on an ugly greenish hue as her mind processed what I had just said to her. “Snap out of it already. Girl, trust me. I just saved your butt from a world load of DRAMA. You owe me. Big! I don’t know why you even liked him for starters, knowing full well that he was trying to hook up with me, but I’ll let that slide just this once.” I took a deep breath to steady myself then pressed on, “Can we please refocus on ME now?”
“You can’t just spring that on me and expect me….”
Cutting her off mid-sentence again, “Maya… Sweetie, we don’t have time for this. Please hold your meltdown for when I’m gone. I don’t know how long I’m going to be here. Last time it was a little less than 24 hours, so we have to get down to business and figure this mess out.”
“Okay, okay. You’re right. So where do we start?”
“I don’t have a freakin’ clue. What grade are we in right now?”
“11th”
“Who am I currently dating?”
“I think you and Tyce are on another one of your little breaks.”
TYCE! My high school sweetheart, Tyce. Ah, what I wouldn’t give to change a few things there... to fix what I had broken so very long ago. He was the one person that I would have really loved to talk to right now, but my gut was warning me that my attention was needed elsewhere. I wasn’t here to mend fences with him... well at least not today I wasn’t! That talk has waited this long so I guess it would just have to wait a little while longer. One day soon, I promised myself.
“Tyce,” I said aloud, more to myself than to her while savoring the sound of his name as it rolled off my tongue. I knew somehow that he wasn’t the reason for this little jump back in time, but that didn’t mean that he never would be. Yeah right!
Sorry people, but I am not that lucky .
I saved Jay and that should be enough. Tyce was safe while left in the dark. If the truth about us ever came to light… how would he react, I wonder.
“Oh hell, Maya… I don’t know why I’m here. I’m coming up blank; I am thirty-five you know. I can’t remember things as well as I used to. I purposely blocked out a lot of my past for a bunch of different reasons.”
“Look, let’s go back inside, grandma. Who knows, maybe
That did the trick alright. Her eyes popped with understanding as she realized exactly what I was asking her. “You time traveled again?” she screamed at me, drawing by passers attention to us.
“Shut up!” I snapped sharply, practically biting her face off. “Do you want to get us both thrown into straitjackets?”
“Sorry, sorry this is just so unbelievable. I tried talking to you about it after your birthday, but you acted like you had no idea what I was even talking about.”
“I probably didn’t. That’s good to know though. I guess it wouldn’t be smart to know how your whole life is going to unfold before you actually get a chance to live it.”
“So, why are you here then? What happens today? Whose life do you save this time? It’s not mine is it? ” she said, rethinking her enthusiasm.
“Of course, it isn’t you and why do I have to save somebody. I’m not a super-hero, you know. I don’t recall anything bad happening today, so I don’t know why I’m here. Nevertheless, I must have changed something already because you’re not supposed to be talking to me right now. You leave with Garrett when he storms off.
OH and by the way. You felt so bad for him tonight, that you took it upon yourself to console him and not only does he give you a lovely little STD, he gets you pregnant as well, but it doesn’t form right so you have to have surgery to get it out of you. So never, ever, EVER have sex with him! You hear me?” I scolded while shaking a finger in her face like a protective mother would.
Man, I’m a mess!
Maya’s skin took on an ugly greenish hue as her mind processed what I had just said to her. “Snap out of it already. Girl, trust me. I just saved your butt from a world load of DRAMA. You owe me. Big! I don’t know why you even liked him for starters, knowing full well that he was trying to hook up with me, but I’ll let that slide just this once.” I took a deep breath to steady myself then pressed on, “Can we please refocus on ME now?”
“You can’t just spring that on me and expect me….”
Cutting her off mid-sentence again, “Maya… Sweetie, we don’t have time for this. Please hold your meltdown for when I’m gone. I don’t know how long I’m going to be here. Last time it was a little less than 24 hours, so we have to get down to business and figure this mess out.”
“Okay, okay. You’re right. So where do we start?”
“I don’t have a freakin’ clue. What grade are we in right now?”
“11th”
“Who am I currently dating?”
“I think you and Tyce are on another one of your little breaks.”
TYCE! My high school sweetheart, Tyce. Ah, what I wouldn’t give to change a few things there... to fix what I had broken so very long ago. He was the one person that I would have really loved to talk to right now, but my gut was warning me that my attention was needed elsewhere. I wasn’t here to mend fences with him... well at least not today I wasn’t! That talk has waited this long so I guess it would just have to wait a little while longer. One day soon, I promised myself.
“Tyce,” I said aloud, more to myself than to her while savoring the sound of his name as it rolled off my tongue. I knew somehow that he wasn’t the reason for this little jump back in time, but that didn’t mean that he never would be. Yeah right!
Sorry people, but I am not that lucky .
I saved Jay and that should be enough. Tyce was safe while left in the dark. If the truth about us ever came to light… how would he react, I wonder.
“Oh hell, Maya… I don’t know why I’m here. I’m coming up blank; I am thirty-five you know. I can’t remember things as well as I used to. I purposely blocked out a lot of my past for a bunch of different reasons.”
“Look, let’s go back inside, grandma. Who knows, maybe
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